Business people Northwest Arkansas

Angela Artherton was recently named a partner at Friday, Eldredge & Clark LLP. She will practice in the Rogers office. Artherton joined the firm's Rogers office in 2015 and serves as litigation counsel to businesses, insurance companies, school districts and individuals in commercial disputes, employment claims and insurance coverage issues. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Arkansas School of Law and received her bachelor's degree from Missouri Southern State University.

Katherine C. Campbell recently joined Friday, Eldredge & Clark LLP as a lawyer. She will practice in the Rogers office and joins the firm's litigation practice. She was an associate at Wiley Rein LLP in Washington, a clerk in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and worked on labor and employment legislation as an assistant for the United Parcel Service's Corporate Public Affairs Department and former U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 2013. Campbell holds a bachelor's degree in journalism/public relations and international affairs from the University of Georgia.

Capt. Tion Augustine recently graduated from the FBI National Academy Program in Quantico, Va. He is a 15-year veteran of the Washington County sheriff's office. He is the fifth person from the sheriff's office to attend the program.

Dr. Erik Sowell joined Mercy Clinic Primary Care -- I Street in Bentonville. He received his doctor of medicine from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and completed a residency in internal medicine at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center.

Dr. Kyle Blair joined Mercy Clinic Family Medicine -- Downtown Rogers. He earned a doctor of medicine from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and completed a residency in family medicine at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences West in Fort Smith.

Jesse Ford joined Mercy Hospital as a neonatal nurse practitioner. He earned a bachelor of science in nursing from Henderson State University and a master of science in nursing from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He has 20 years of experience in neonatal intensive care, most recently at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/Arkansas Children's Hospital.

Dr. Amanda Wood joined Mercy Clinic Family Medicine and Obstetrics -- Physicians Plaza in Rogers. She earned a doctor of medicine from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Kentucky and completed a family medicine residency with a surgical obstetrics and global health components at the Waco Family Medicine Residency Program in Waco, Texas.

Dr. Kristi Goodson joined Mercy Clinic Pediatrics -- Lowell. She earned a doctor of medicine from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She completed a residency in pediatric medicine at the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa, including rotations at St. Francis Children's Hospital and University of Oklahoma Schusterman Clinic. Goodson completed a preceptorship in family medicine with the UAMS Center for Rural Health and Regional Programs in Clarksville.

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